Doing Business and Investing in Germany

When planning to enter the German market, businesses as well as law firms advising them, face a great number of issues to be solved and decisions to be taken. In order to provide corporations with a short overview of key information for their planned venture, we compiled the brochure Doing Business and Investing in Germany. WINHELLER law firm help you in specialized law fields such as tax law and employment law as well as many other law issues which cross your business.

Why Doing Business in Germany?
Find out about the advantages of choosing Germany as business location and what characterizes five important German cities: Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Karlsruhe.

Why WINHELLER Attorneys at Law?
Since the issues treated within the brochure reflect most of the legal and tax advisory services we render, you will not only learn more about business in Germany, but will also have the chance to get to know us better as specialized lawyers in Germany. WINHELLER Lawyers are experts in different fields of law: besides nonprofit law, corporate law and entertainment law, we are also experts in tax law and employment law.

Successfully Entering the German Business Market
You will find answers to questions such as:

• Which business issues should you pay attention to in terms of economic success as well as legal and tax compliance?
• Which options do you have to establish an Incorporation, Limited or another business in Germany? How to form employment, distribution and other types of contracts?
• Are specific fields of business, like e.g. banking & finance or insurance broking, subject to special regulations?
• How to protect your trademark from infringement?

In addition, you will also find information as to dispute resolution and legal action – measures that we always try to prevent by foresighted acting and advice. They may, however, be required under certain circumstances.

In addition to our expertise in traditional commercial law, we are also one of the leading law firms in Germany in the areas of foundation law and the law of nonprofits and charitable organizations. Our lawyers in Germany offer large nonprofit organizations a comprehensive array of legal and tax advisory services. We represent a number of renowned German nonprofits, as well as various foreign charities which have offices, sponsoring associations or subsidiaries in Germany and require one-time or ongoing advice.

We hope you will enjoy reading the brochure, and that it provides you with a helpful overview on how to successfully do business and invest in Germany.

Whenever you come across an issue related to German business law, please feel free to contact us. Our lawyer team in Germany will be glad to assist you.

Your contact persons for issues related to doing business in Germany are:

Atty. Thomas Schwab, Incorporation, Immigration
Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert, IP Law, Competition Law
Atty. Andreas Warkentin, Banking & Capital Markets Law, Securities Law
Atty. Stefan Winheller, Tax Law and Tax Advisory
Atty. Christian Zeller, Incorporation, Employment Law, M&A

Please contact us by e-mail (info@winheller.com) or by phone (+49 69 76 75 77 80).